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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe Mother's taste in things?
(a) Fine.
(b) Practical.
(c) Expensive.
(d) Simple.

2. What does Paul think he has found through the betting?
(a) Success.
(b) Luck.
(c) Love.
(d) Money.

3. How does Paul hope to win his mother's love?
(a) By being smart.
(b) By making money.
(c) By fixing the house.
(d) By making his father successful.

4. What does the author say Paul's eyes blaze with at the end of the book?
(a) Madness.
(b) Desperation.
(c) Fury.
(d) Concentration.

5. How was Mother raised?
(a) In poverty.
(b) In luxury.
(c) In a boarding school.
(d) In an orphanage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret do the children all know about Mother?

2. What does Paul say when his Mother talks to him after the party?

3. What does Paul's uncle do when Paul makes his first bet?

4. Whose permission does Mother need to get the money she wants on her birthday?

5. Why is Paul winning money?

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